How many players in a EURO 2024 squad and when will rosters be announced?

International managers have a relatively relaxed job, that is until it's time to select a 23-man squad from a crop of players performing in the best leagues in the world.

Every man and his dog, whether they follow football or not, will have an opinion on who should be included in the squad.

As the anticipation builds for Euro 2024 in Germany this summer, fans and pundits eagerly await the announcement of each national team's roster.

While the exact date of squad announcements remains uncertain, UEFA has set a deadline for teams.

The Sporting News provides everything you need to know ahead of the announcement, and why this tournament is different to previous years.

England 23-man squad prediction: Who will Gareth Southgate take to Germany?

We don't quite know when the Euros squad will be officially communicated but there is a deadline set by UEFA.

The latest a squad can be submitted is June 7, 2024, seven days before the opening game of the tournament.

For this tournament, squad sizes will revert to 23 players. This was previously 26 for Euro 2020 and the 2022 World Cup in case any squads were unsettled by the Coronavirus.

With the reduction in available players for selection, managers find themselves in a position where they must take greater caution, particularly with the obligation to include three goalkeepers in the final 23-man squad.

England boss Gareth Southgate shared how it will affect his decision-making process: "We can take far fewer gambles than we were able to take for the last two tournaments where it was 26.

"The size of the squad makes it a different sort of thought process because you’ve had that leeway in the last couple of tournaments to take players that weren’t going to be fit for the first couple of games."